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post Thu 18th May 2006, 4:50am
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post Thu 18th May 2006, 6:36am
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Google News is screwed up. The above message board post with that random whatever from Wikipedia shouldn't be on Google News. This is just more evidence that relying on algorithms reaches a point of diminishing returns. Yahoo, by contrast, still uses real editors. This entire RSS feed should switch to Yahoo news -- or at least add Yahoo news. That would substantially increase the signal-to-noise ratio.

One of Wikipedia's problems is that they all think Google is so cool. I've watched Google closely for more than five years now, and let me tell you, it's going downhill fast. Money corrupts. Billions of dollars corrupt more quickly.
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post Thu 18th May 2006, 8:43am
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Its some kiddie message board. Look at the talk on it. Useless feed.
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post Thu 18th May 2006, 9:55am
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I'm gonna add Yahoo now, if possible
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post Thu 18th May 2006, 11:26am
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Yeah. Need to keep an eye on the RSS feeds. They are great, but there's lots of spam coming through and repetition and off topic stuff. Should be deleting the excess.
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